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Maritime history and survey of the Cape Fear and Northeast Cape Fear rivers, Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina. Volume 1: Maritime history

Cartographic Research
Maps from the Lower Cape Fear River vicinity were extensively investigated in an effort
to identify current and historical sites associated with the project area. Each map was
inspected for any significant information and that data noted for comparison. The Cape
Fear River has a lengthy historic background resulting in numerous maps of the region.
Although many maps were reviewed, the following list is not exhaustive. Those maps
not covered in the inventory include county and state highway maps, aerial
photographs, road maps, and those published specifically for books. Maps are listed in
chronological order (See also Appendix 1B).
Untitled Map, John White, 1585.
The White map (1585) is one of the earliest English maps available that shows the
eastern coast of North Carolina following the period when explorers came to the Cape
Fear vicinity. The map illustrates the coast from Virginia to Florida with the Outer Banks
of North Carolina reasonably well shown. Cape Fear appears unlabeled on the map
with shoaling marked in the area of the present Frying Pan Shoals. The Cape Fear
River is labeled as the "R. Jordan."
Americae pars, Nunc Virginia . .
.
, John White and Theodore De Bry, 1590.
The White-De Bry map of 1590 illustrates the Atlantic coast from the Chesapeake Bay
"Chesepiooc Sinus" to below Cape Fear in North Carolina. The Outer Banks are well
shown with inlets and Indian villages. Several unlabeled rivers appear on the map
along the North Carolina coast.
Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarom, Nova Descriptio,
Mercator-Hondius, 1606.
Illustrators drew this map in 1606 based upon earlier works. It documents the coastal
region from the Chesapeake Bay to north Florida. Place names appear in Latin,
French, and Spanish. Indian village names and those for capes are depicted. Cape
Fear is shown in Spanish on the map as "C. S. Romano Hispanis."
The South Part of Virginia Now the North Part of Carolina,
Nicholas Comberford, 1657.
The Comberford Map of 1657 depicts part of the northern coast of North Carolina. The
distorted view in this seventeenth-century map mistakenly indicates the Outer Banks as
extending to a point labeled on the map as "C Feare," just south of the "Neus" River.
This point, in fact, is Cape Lookout. The error began on earlier maps and was repeated
on this map. Nothing from the actual vicinity of the project area is shown on this map.
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Cartographic Research
Maps from the Lower Cape Fear River vicinity were extensively investigated in an effort
to identify current and historical sites associated with the project area. Each map was
inspected for any significant information and that data noted for comparison. The Cape
Fear River has a lengthy historic background resulting in numerous maps of the region.
Although many maps were reviewed, the following list is not exhaustive. Those maps
not covered in the inventory include county and state highway maps, aerial
photographs, road maps, and those published specifically for books. Maps are listed in
chronological order (See also Appendix 1B).
Untitled Map, John White, 1585.
The White map (1585) is one of the earliest English maps available that shows the
eastern coast of North Carolina following the period when explorers came to the Cape
Fear vicinity. The map illustrates the coast from Virginia to Florida with the Outer Banks
of North Carolina reasonably well shown. Cape Fear appears unlabeled on the map
with shoaling marked in the area of the present Frying Pan Shoals. The Cape Fear
River is labeled as the "R. Jordan."
Americae pars, Nunc Virginia . .
.
, John White and Theodore De Bry, 1590.
The White-De Bry map of 1590 illustrates the Atlantic coast from the Chesapeake Bay
"Chesepiooc Sinus" to below Cape Fear in North Carolina. The Outer Banks are well
shown with inlets and Indian villages. Several unlabeled rivers appear on the map
along the North Carolina coast.
Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarom, Nova Descriptio,
Mercator-Hondius, 1606.
Illustrators drew this map in 1606 based upon earlier works. It documents the coastal
region from the Chesapeake Bay to north Florida. Place names appear in Latin,
French, and Spanish. Indian village names and those for capes are depicted. Cape
Fear is shown in Spanish on the map as "C. S. Romano Hispanis."
The South Part of Virginia Now the North Part of Carolina,
Nicholas Comberford, 1657.
The Comberford Map of 1657 depicts part of the northern coast of North Carolina. The
distorted view in this seventeenth-century map mistakenly indicates the Outer Banks as
extending to a point labeled on the map as "C Feare," just south of the "Neus" River.
This point, in fact, is Cape Lookout. The error began on earlier maps and was repeated
on this map. Nothing from the actual vicinity of the project area is shown on this map.
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